Pulmonary Artery Bypass for Fibrosing Mediastinitis ()
Abstract
This is a very unusual case with unexpected findings. In spite of sophisticated investigation tests such as MRI and pul¬monary angiogram, it may be very difficult to identify the nature of pulmonary artery stenosis or occlusion.
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J. Morin, A. Hirsch and P. Chamoun, "Pulmonary Artery Bypass for Fibrosing Mediastinitis,"
International Journal of Clinical Medicine, Vol. 1 No. 2, 2010, pp. 70-72. doi:
10.4236/ijcm.2010.12012.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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